Category: Competition
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 56.86 and New 100 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu set a new short course world record yet again, clocking incredible 56.86 in the 100 meter short course individual medley, where her world record from Doha last Thursday was 57.25. First woman ever under 57 in the 100 IM, and her…
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Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 2:00.48 and New 200 Breast Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai today, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta set a new 200 meter short course breaststroke world record, clocking 2:00.48 where his own world record from the Istanbul 2009 World Short Course Championships was 2:00.67. See the result list here. Featured image of Gyurta at the Bergen Swim Festival 2014…
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:02.13 and New 200 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai today, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu took another good chunk of her 200 individual medley short course world record, clocking 2:02.13 where her record from the Doha leg a few days ago was 2:02.61. See the result list here. Image courtesy of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, CC BY 2.0
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FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup Dubai 2014 Promo
August 31 – September 1 at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, see FINA
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Ye Shiwen enrolls in top China college
China’s two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ye Shiwen has a new title: College freshman. The 2012 London Games champion in the women’s 200- and 400-metre medleys registered this week at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University under a government program waiving the grueling entrance exam for outstanding athletes. The 18-year-old Ye told local media she plans to…
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Ross Murdoch traces boy who wrote him ‘amazing’ fan letter
A five-year-old boy who wrote an “amazing” fan letter to Scottish Commonwealth swimming champion Ross Murdoch has been traced. Brian Fitzpatrick’s note reached the swimmer despite being addressed simply to “Ross Murdoch, Commonwealth Champion, Balloch”. The 200m Breaststroke gold medal winner asked Twitter users to help him get back in touch with the youngster. Ross…
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Japanese Swimming Has Momentum at Its Back
In 2012, Michael Phelps saw the writing on London’s Aquatic Centre scoreboard. In the third of four preliminary heats of the Olympic 400-meter individual medley, the Japanese teenager Kosuke Hagino clocked at 4 minutes 10.01 seconds. Phelps, the world-record holder in the event since 2002, remembered cringing, because he was in the final heat and…
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Why is Breaststroke so strong in Scotland?
We caught up with Michael Jamieson, Ross Murdoch and Craig Benson about the strength of Scottish Breaststroke. Courtesy of Team Scotland on YouTube
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Ross Murdoch in appeal to find young fan who penned letter
Scots swimming star Ross Murdoch has launched an appeal to find a mystery young fan who penned him a letter after his gold medal win. The Commonwealth Games swimming champion took to Twitter in an effort to track down the five-year-old, known only as Brian. Murdoch received the mail after claiming Commonwealth gold in the…